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Elissa Miolene

@elissamio.bsky.social
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global development reporter @devex, covering U.S. foreign aid & and more. reach me at elissa.miolene@devex.com

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Elissa Miolene @elissamio.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
A 'death sentence for millions' as US cuts more aid with @sarajerving.bsky.social www.devex.com/news/a-death...
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A 'death sentence for millions' as US cuts more aid
Some 42 programs that were previously slated to survive the final round of USAID cuts were killed, primarily for humanitarian assistance or emergency food aid in Africa and the Middle East.
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Elissa Miolene @elissamio.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
USAID's 'final mission' email slashes agency's staff, one last time www.devex.com/news/usaid-s...
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USAID's 'final mission' email slashes agency's staff, one last time
USAID's new deputy administrator, Jeremy Lewin, told the agency's staff they would be fired by either July 1 or Sept. 2, 2025 — and then, potentially, rehired at the State Department through a separat...
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Elissa Miolene @elissamio.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Will Congress — either at the behest of the administration or of its own volition — move in the weeks or months ahead to pass a rescission package to claw back some of the funding approved in this bill and codify the cuts made by the Trump administration? www.devex.com/news/us-cong...
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US Congress passes budget bill, but questions remain on foreign aid
A continuing resolution means funding levels will remain the same until September, but what that means for foreign assistance is unclear.
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Elissa Miolene @elissamio.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Over the last 24 hours, things have escalated at the U.S. Institute of Peace — one of several targeted by an executive order from President Donald Trump last month. www.devex.com/news/doge-br...
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DOGE 'breaks into' the US Institute of Peace
The U.S. Institute of Peace seems to be the first nonprofit that the Department of Government Efficiency has attempted to breach.
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Janine Zacharia @janinezac.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
"When the Trump administration halted funding for...a local organization serving 10,000 people with its HIV/AIDS programming alone...1,000 women lost access to the medications they needed to survive." Follow @elissamio.bsky.social and @devex.com.
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Colum Lynch @columlynch.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The future of a shrunk USAID by @elissamio.bsky.social www.devex.com/news/exclusi...
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Exclusive: Inside the closed-door meeting on USAID’s future
The ideas for the agency’s future were shared by Tim Meisburger, the head of USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, in a closed-door meeting on Wednesday.
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Devex @devex.com · 25/11/2024
World leaders at the G20 summit agreed on the need to tax the world’s richest, a population that today, is taxed at rates between 0% and 0.6%. But will it help reduce the debt burden of developing countries? @elissamio.bsky.social reports➡️ bit.ly/3B9uKtU
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Elissa Miolene @elissamio.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The G20 Summit is over, but that doesn't mean our coverage is too. Dive into how the world's leaders are thinking about taxing the rich ... eventually. www.devex.com/news/g20-lea...
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Devex @devex.com · 21/11/2024
We are officially on Bluesky! ✨ Stay tuned for the latest news, insights, and opportunities in the global development sector! #Devex
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Elissa Miolene @elissamio.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Hello world!
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